
Gwen Svekis
Omaha, Nebraska
All-NPF in 2019
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Personal: Currently works as Manager of Player Care and Coordination for Athletes Unlimited … hobbies include yoga, shopping for records, reading and journaling … motivated to be the very best and believes if she does her part, she will pave the way for the next generation to dream bigger than they currently can … daughter of Holly and Steve Svekis … has one older sister.
2022 AUX Season: Accrued 520 leaderboard points during inaugural AUX Softball season … started all 12 games … posted .200 batting average with seven hits, including two home runs … also drove in seven runs while scoring four times … hit first extra-inning home run in Athletes Unlimited Softball history against Team Zerkle on June 25, blasting a two-run shot to left field in the ninth inning … also hit a home run against Team O’Toole in first game of June 25 doubleheader while driving in season-high three runs … opened season with four-game hitting streak, going 5-for-12 with two runs batted in and two runs scored.
2021 Championship Season: Finished in 10th place on the leaderboard with 1,464 points and 354 stat points … tied for fifth with 140 MVP points … member of inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball All-Defensive Team … hit .347 while starting 14-of-15 games … fourth in the league with 49 at-bats … tied for third with 17 hits, including four home runs … drove in nine runs to earn a share of eighth in the circuit … accumulated 34 total bases to finish second in Athletes Unlimited.
2020 Championship Season: Finished in a tie for fifth place on the league leaderboard with 1,710 points … shared top honors with Cat Osterman after accumulating 1,380 win points … batted .262 with 11 hits and nine runs scored … also belted three home runs with 11 runs batted in … third in the league with eight walks … one of 11 players to register a sacrifice fly … posted two sacrifice flies to earn share of second place in the league.
International Experience: Member of USA Women’s Elite Team during the summer of 2016.
Other Professional Experience: Made professional debut in 2018 in NPF with the Chicago Bandits … boasted .269 batting average with one home run and six runs batted in as a rookie in 2018 … earned All-NPF recognition in 2019.
At Oregon: Four-year letter winner for the Ducks who started 197-of-217 career games from 2015-18 … finished career with .337 batting average, 45 home runs and 169 runs batted in … also registered 189 hits, including 26 doubles and four triples, while scoring 132 runs … ranks among Oregon’s career leaders in runs batted in, home runs and walks … named to NFCA All-America First Team as a senior after hitting .324 with 17 home runs and 60 RBI … selected as 2018 NFCA Catcher of the Year … three-time NFCA All-Region honoree … two-time All-Pac-12 Conference performer who received First-Team distinction in senior campaign … member of 2015 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … earned spot on 2018 Pac-12 All-Defense Team … holds Oregon single-game record with nine RBI against Oregon State on Mar. 15, 2015 … ranks second on Ducks’ single-season list with 17 home runs during 2018 campaign … led Oregon in home runs as a junior and senior.
Career Stats
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